The New Pass Range is a mountain range in Lander and Churchill counties of

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. The range is a north-south trending range which straddles the Lander-Churchill county boundary for about . The highest peak, New Pass Peak, has an elevation of .

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crosses New Pass Summit on the south end of the range between

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to the east and Fallon on to the west.''Nevada Atlas and Gazetteer,'' DeLorme, 8th ed. 2012, pp. 37 and 45 The range was named from an early settler's belief that his route through the mountains was a "new pass" through the area. The Desatoya Mountains lie to the southwest and the

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to the west. To the north is the

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with

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to the northeast. To the east is Ravenswood Mountain at the south end of the Shoshone Range and Nevada State Route 305. To the southeast across the

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Valley is Austin at the north end of the Toiyabe Range. New Pass Range

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Mountain ranges of Nevada Mountain ranges of Churchill County, Nevada Mountain ranges of Lander County, Nevada {{ChurchillCountyNV-geo-stub